READ NOW: FIRST EDITION ANTI-RACISM POLICY JOURNAL SPRING 2022

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Join Us to Celebrate the Launch of the First Edition of the Anti-Racism Policy Journal

we cordially invite you, virtually or in person to the launch event of the Anti-Racism Policy Journal, a first of

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Resources to Help People in Ukraine Find Opportunities to Escape the Current War: A Student-Led Anti-Racism Policy Journal Initiative

The Anti-Racism Policy Journal is working with the community to begin to crowd-source information to help people in Ukraine. Please

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Friends Reach Out

It has been tough. I feel I’ve forgotten how to have fun, forgotten that it is actually possible to have

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Remembering Malcolm

February 21 Marks 53 Years Since the Death of Malcolm X: A Martyr in the Fight for Anti-Racism

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Envisible Women at Harvard

Too often, women are unseen, mis-seen, or under-seen. En-Visible Women at Harvard is a project that places women of color

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We Must Exist Beyond Our Communities

Since 18 October 2019 in Chile, the majority of the population has demanded a new constitution to break away from the neoliberalism of the dictator Pinochet; a new constitution was drawn up by an elected Constitutional Assembly representative of all Chileans, including indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants

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Optimism as a Way of Life

I have always been positive. That was my attitude when at 17 I left Puerto Barros, my hometown, for Guatemala City. Because of the color of my skin and my gender, I suffered from hunger, discrimination, and harassment; but I also met people who helped me in good faith and enabled me to get ahead.

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Solidarity Is The Lifeline

At the time of this writing over 400,000 people in Brazil have died of COVID-19. This trend does not seem to be slowing down. As time passes, I am increasingly fearful for friends and acquaintances, as Afro-descendants and indigenous Brazilians are 38 percent more likely to die of COVID-19 than white Brazilians and 32 percent higher than the general population. Negationist attitudes among our current political leadership means that these deaths are being trivialized. On top of this, restrictions do not allow funerals, do not allow humane farewells, the sharing of tears, the necessary rituals of passage.

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Reimagining Policing In America

Reimagining Community Policing In America

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Reclaiming Our Identity Is Reclaiming Our Dignity

People of Afro-Japanese heritage like me (I am Ghanaian-Japanese) are not considered “true” Japanese due to our darker complexion. People

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I Love who I Have Become

The pandemic has been emotionally overwhelming and transformative – both for personal and professional reasons. There was so much uncertainty

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Harvard Kennedy School 2021 Diversity Report

Harvard Kennedy School 2021 Diversity Report

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Claiming My Identity’s Journey

This piece is a continuation of the Anti-Racism Policy Journal’s collaboration with Collateral Benefits.

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A Lexicon for Climate Justice

*Excerpt from a piece that will be published in the print/and digital editions of The Anti-Racism Policy Journal*

A Lexicon for Climate Justice

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From Paris to Death and Chaos

“The Anti-Racism Policy Journal is happy to partner with Collateral Benefits and Manos Visibles to bring you “Voices of the African Diaspora”, a series of perspectives from Afro-descendants across the world on surviving, overcoming, and transcending COVID-19. Collateral Benefits is a platform that through perspective papers aims to lift up the voices of African and Afro-descendant people from all walks of life so that their intellect, wisdom, and experiences can contribute to and shape the global conversations on the critical issues of our time.”
This piece is the first essay of the series we are publishing today.

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DIASPORIC ANTI-RACISM

African history did not begin and end with the Transatlantic Slave Trade. It began with the birth and advancement of

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Harvard President: Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery

Dear Members of the Harvard Community, Veritas is more than Harvard’s motto. It is the very reason we exist. Through

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The Streets Speak in Tongues

I comb through the accent of my adolescent street views and patterns. Deciphering the moral compass that orients its existence.

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